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A Social Publishing Strategy by John Gautam, Pratham Books

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: During my trip to India in February, I was introduced to a nonprofit children's book publisher in India, Pratham Books. “It was set up to fill a gap in the market for good quality, reasonably priced children’s books in a variety of Indian languages. India has a reading problem and the problem is two fold.

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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

Tech Soup

The LIN mission is to foster a culture of philanthropy and social responsibility by providing support services to local nonprofits, skilled volunteers, and donors who are committed to building strong communities. Although Vietnam is regarded as a developing country, it has a literacy rate of 94 percent.

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TechSoup Volunteers During Data Center Move

Tech Soup

The staff have to be very flexible; they talk with the kids in adult language, but always explain as needed. Although the community couldn't visit their usual haunts on techsoup.org, they could still keep up with TechSoup online. TechSoup Sweat Equity. They made good use of us as volunteers, in a rather spontaneous way.

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Digital Beginnings: Parents As Scaffolds

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The other day, I received a request from an academic, Jackie Marsh, whose research focuses on the role of popular culture, media. and new technolgies in early literacy development. She came across my " Mommy, what's a blog " post when looking for examples of young children's involvement. in the practice.

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Social Networking and Web Tools for Chicago Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How do increase internet literacy with communities? What type of language should i use? Use this to communicate with your children. The cultural gap isn't changing. If there is what should it be? What technologies do you need to encourage user-generated content on video? How to keep this conversation going?

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52 Nonprofit Event Ideas That People Will Love

Neon CRM

Peer-to-Peer Events Arts & Culture Events Community Events Educational Events Events for Grown-Ups Events for Kids & Families Nonprofit Peer-to-Peer Events Peer-to-peer events raise funds and generate buzz by having your supporters and participants get their networks involved in your event.

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[VIDEO] Measure Of Success: Creating Tools And Process To Report Impact

Bloomerang

She’s also certified by the Institute of Cultural Affairs, in the USA, for facilitation. Are they wanting to fund children’s programs? Maybe I am teaching computer classes, or English as a second language classes, maybe I’m teaching those and I have 10 students. So, Marie, thank you so, so much for doing this.

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